diff --git a/stale_repositories_test.go b/stale_repositories_test.go
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+++ b/stale_repositories_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
+)
+
+var reGithubRepo = regexp.MustCompile("https://github.com/[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+/[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$")
+var githubGETCOMMITS = "https://api.github.com/repos%s/commits"
+var githubPOSTISSUES = "https://api.github.com/repos/avelino/awesome-go/issues"
+var NUMBEROFYEARS time.Duration = 1
+var ISSUEFMT = "Investigate %s. Has not had any new commits in a while"
+var DELAYINSECONDS time.Duration = 1
+
+type TokenSource struct {
+	AccessToken string
+}
+type Issue struct {
+	Title string `json:"title"`
+}
+
+func (t *TokenSource) Token() (*oauth2.Token, error) {
+	token := &oauth2.Token{
+		AccessToken: t.AccessToken,
+	}
+	return token, nil
+}
+
+func createIssues(issueRequests []*http.Request, oauthClient *http.Client, t *testing.T) {
+	for _, req := range issueRequests {
+		oauthClient.Do(req)
+		time.Sleep(DELAYINSECONDS * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+func testCommitAge(href string, oauthClient *http.Client, issueRequests *[]*http.Request, t *testing.T) {
+	var isValidRepo bool
+	var isAged bool
+	var ownerRepo string
+	isValidRepo = reGithubRepo.MatchString(href)
+	var apiCall string
+	var respObj []map[string]interface{}
+	now := time.Now()
+	since := now.Add(-1 * 365 * 24 * NUMBEROFYEARS * time.Hour)
+	sinceQuery := since.Format(time.RFC3339)
+	if isValidRepo {
+		ownerRepo = strings.ReplaceAll(href, "https://github.com", "")
+		apiCall = fmt.Sprintf(githubGETCOMMITS, ownerRepo)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", apiCall, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Failed at repository %s", ownerRepo)
+			return
+		}
+		q := req.URL.Query()
+		q.Add("since", sinceQuery)
+		req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+		resp, err := oauthClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Failed at repository %s", ownerRepo)
+			return
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+		json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&respObj)
+		isAged = len(respObj) == 0
+		if isAged {
+			body := &Issue{
+				Title: fmt.Sprintf(ISSUEFMT, ownerRepo),
+			}
+			buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+			json.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(body)
+			req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", githubPOSTISSUES, buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Failed at repository %s", ownerRepo)
+				return
+			}
+			*issueRequests = append(*issueRequests, req)
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestStaleRepository(t *testing.T) {
+	query := startQuery()
+	var issueRequests []*http.Request
+	oauth := os.Getenv("GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN")
+	tokenSource := &TokenSource{
+		AccessToken: oauth,
+	}
+	oauthClient := oauth2.NewClient(oauth2.NoContext, tokenSource)
+	query.Find("body li > a:first-child").Each(func(_ int, s *goquery.Selection) {
+		href, ok := s.Attr("href")
+		if !ok {
+			t.Error("expected to have href")
+		}
+		testCommitAge(href, oauthClient, &issueRequests, t)
+	})
+	createIssues(issueRequests, oauthClient, t)
+}